It’s not long now before we undertake the tour to Germany.

Our second opponents are going to be a the real deal and it’s definitely going to be a tough encounter The Futsal Lions Düsseldorf eV were founded in 2004 and are one of the best known futsal clubs in Germany.

The team is actually professional; having turned pro in 2008. Club Chairman and founding member, Sascha Mirza, was the driving force behind the creation and was kind enough to arrange the fixture for us. I’ve asked them to “be gentle….”

Their website is http://www.futsallions.de/

The game is due to be played at the University of Düsseldorf, known as the Heinrich Heine University of Düsseldorf. It’s named after German poet and political thinker Heinrich Heine, who was born in Düsseldorf in 1797. It became a full-fledged university in 1965 and currently comprises faculties of law, medicine, philosophy, mathematics and natural sciences, and economics.